The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

BOMBAY grain conveyed the cholera
germs to Messina.
REPORTED that Queen Victoria contem-
plates a visit to India.
ONE New York daily pays 81 apiece for
really good little jokes.
LEVY, the cornet player, will soon storm
the land with a cornet troupe.
A SPAN is ten and seven-eighths inches.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches.
LORD TEyNYsoN is said to have an aver
sion to writing or giving his autograph.
THE evolution of the hustle is an import
ant topic in the world Of fashion just now.
THE commercial failures for 1887 prom
ise to fall behind those of any year since
1889.
PnEAsANTs have overrun Willamette
Valley, Cal, and are destroying the grain
crop.
Sign on an Indiana Judges Office: "Come
early and secure divorce before tho
rush"
BANANA trees have been acclimated in
Butte County, CAL, and are now in full
bearing
THERE is only one lady principal in
Brooklyn and that ungallant city has asked
her to resign.
MEXICAN bandits are making money by
capturing Texas ranchmen and holding
them for ransom.
A LARGER amount Of money is paid to
Ohio soldiers than to those of any other
State in the Union. ..u
MRS. ELLIS an American woman is ply
sician to the Queen of Corea, and has
salary of $4,000 year.
A TEXAS newspaper claims to have re-
ceived in payment of subscription "the
Oldest hen on record"
THE cost to the principals in suit over
rooster, in the Bergen County IN. J.)
courts, has reached $500.
The Chinese of San Francisco recently
imported god one hundred and seventy
feet high, when in position.
SANS JONES and Small intend to hold re.
ligious revival in Washington during the
coming session of Congress.
THE cottonseed oil production of this
country is worth SS,0OO,OOO year. 1t is
chiefly used rs an adulterant.
SCIENTISTS say that the stature of the
human race is increasing at the rate of
one inch in a thousand years.
KNAPP is rather small town in North
ern Wisconsin, but it will have q tobog-
gan slide a mile long in operation nexs
winter.
THERE are only about GOO periodicals Of
all kinds published in the Russian Empire,
of which 200 are in other languages than
Russian.
ENGLAND will make preparations for
celebrating next year the 30Oth anniver-
sary of the destruction of the Spanish
Armada.
Mrcc Nv
from Greenland, has been lecturing in Chi
cago. She is thirty years old and only forty
inches high.
AN Eau Claire saloon-keeper sent 500 in
gold to New York, for which he was to re-
ceive s4OO in paper money. He got a box
OF sawdust.
TENNEssEEANs will still be allowed the
privilege of taking their drinks in day.
light and in open sight. 1t was a close
shave, however.
THE Marquis Of Alesbury, an English
peer only twenty-four years old, has been
ruled off the turf.
THE building Of yacht at Glasgow is
announced, to come over and take back
the Americas cup. Why not build two
for fear one won't do 1t.
The strange contrast between the Brit
ish Governments treatment of Ireland
and India deepens the general indignation
among the English masses. 4
THE English were surprised and morti-
fled at the defeat of the yacht Thistle. This
was not the first time they were defeated
by the American Volunteer.
THERE are now more THAI 82S, 900 miles
OF railroad in operation in the world, of
which $4,000 miles are in the United
States and 126, 900 in Europe.
A NEGRo at the Boyce (La.) telegraph
office the other day sent the following dis.
patch to an absent friend: "Come home
your wifes dyin fast as she can"
SUCCESSFUL tests having been made the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will next
winter heat all their passenger cars by
means Of steam from the engine.
A CITIZEN of Detroit, who has lived a
aaw-abiding, God-fearing life for many
years, has just made the discovery that
he is an Italian nobleman in disguise.
The Queen Of England and Empress OF
India rules over more Mohammedans than
the Sultan Of Turkey and twice as many
as pay allegiance to the Shah of Persia.
The steamer Santiago, which arrived at
Boston few days ago from Hull. had on
board the large bronze statue of Washing
ton, which is destined for Philadelphia.
A LILY of the species Victoria regia
which is blossoming in Rochester con.
servatory has blossom about eighteen
inches across, the bud Of which was q foot
in diameter.
The bones of mastodon have been un.
earthed at Mooresville, NO. Four of the
teeth weighed twelve pounds each, and
are said to be larger than any Of those in
the Smithsonian Institution.
A REAL ESTATE man of San Diego, CAL
started out with letter and his bank
book. As he passed the post-office he
mailed his bank book and never notia,d
his mistake until he arrived at the bank
A RECENT German letter says: 'One Of
the most original specimens of German
journalism is the weekly sheet about tc
appear in Lorrach, Baden, under the title
Of The Aother-ia- Law, every subscriber tc
which, male or female, may also be con
txibutor." 'f' "i b.
A TRACT Of 1855 acres, embracing Viii
murt Lake and part of Big Rock Lake
IN Herkimer County, N. Y, has beer
bought for f20,0O0, and club probabl,
will be organized with membership o.
about twenty to own the property. Viii
murt Lake is 1880 feet above the level o.
the sea, is fed by springs, and is counted
one Of the best lakes in the Adirondack
region for fly fishing for specified trout.
NEAR New Portage Summit County. q.